Soil Health Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture Carbon, Microbial Processes and Soil Health Indicators Thursday, September 12, 2019 Dickinson Research Extension Center (DREC) - Ranch HQ 11092 15th St. SW, Manning, ND Please RSVP for Meal Count By September 6 to Toby Stroh 701-590-1151 From ND Hwy 22, turn onto 15th St. sW and travel west 2.8 miles Welcome 8:35-8:45 Dr. Chris Schauer, Interim Director, DREC toby.stroh@dickinsonstate.edu Workshop is FREE! 8:45-9:30 Importance of mycorrhizal fungi in crop and grazing systems Dr. Heike Bucking, Soil Microbiologist, South Dakota State University Fate of carbon in the ecosystem 9:30-10:00 Dr. Joshua Steffan, Associate Professor of Soil Microbiology, DSU 10:00-10:15 Break Soil health principles and tabletop slake/Water holding capacity demo 10:15-10:45 Hal Weiser, North Dakota State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS Soil Web Soil Survey 10:45-11:15 Jeanne Heilig, Soil Survey Team, USDA/NRCS UC Davis Soil Web App Pea-Barley Hal Weiser, North Dakota State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS 11:15-11:30 Introduction into soil health field indicators Susan Sampson-Liebig, Soil Quality Specialist, NRCS 11:30-12:15 Working Lunch-DREC Soil DNA project report Dr. Songul Senturklu, Turkish Visiting Scholar, NDSSU 12:15-12:30 Travel to Section 19 Steers and Pea-Barley Residue Rotating field soil health indicator and soil pit stations 12:30-3:30 Station #1: Residue, cover, biological decomposition Doug Landblom, Beef Cattle Specialist, DREC Station #2: Soil Pit #1 -Soil horization, color, texture John Kempenich, Soil Survey Team, USDA/NRCS Station #3: Soil aggregates and structure Jeanne Heilig, Soil Survey Team, USDA/NRCS Susan Sampson-Liebig, Soil Quality Specialist, NRCS Station #4 : Soil Pit #2- Roots, pores, and structure Hal Weiser, North Dakota State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS Station #5: Biological diversity, bio-pores, compaction, and crusting Mycorrhizal Fungi Dr. Joshua Steffan, Associate Professor of Soil Microbiology, DSU SPONSORS: Agassiz Seed and Supply. AgWeek. Butler Machinersy Company, Dacotah Bank, Dakota Community Bank and Trust. Dakota West RC&D. Stockmen's Livestock Exchange. Western Cooperative Credit Union, West Plains. Inc. D DICKINSON ISTATE UNIVERSITY ONRCS NDSU DICKINSON RESCARCH XTENSION CENTER Soil Health Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture Carbon, Microbial Processes and Soil Health Indicators Thursday, September 12, 2019 Dickinson Research Extension Center (DREC) - Ranch HQ 11092 15th St. SW, Manning, ND Please RSVP for Meal Count By September 6 to Toby Stroh 701-590-1151 From ND Hwy 22, turn onto 15th St. sW and travel west 2.8 miles Welcome 8:35-8:45 Dr. Chris Schauer, Interim Director, DREC toby.stroh@dickinsonstate.edu Workshop is FREE! 8:45-9:30 Importance of mycorrhizal fungi in crop and grazing systems Dr. Heike Bucking, Soil Microbiologist, South Dakota State University Fate of carbon in the ecosystem 9:30-10:00 Dr. Joshua Steffan, Associate Professor of Soil Microbiology, DSU 10:00-10:15 Break Soil health principles and tabletop slake/Water holding capacity demo 10:15-10:45 Hal Weiser, North Dakota State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS Soil Web Soil Survey 10:45-11:15 Jeanne Heilig, Soil Survey Team, USDA/NRCS UC Davis Soil Web App Pea-Barley Hal Weiser, North Dakota State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS 11:15-11:30 Introduction into soil health field indicators Susan Sampson-Liebig, Soil Quality Specialist, NRCS 11:30-12:15 Working Lunch-DREC Soil DNA project report Dr. Songul Senturklu, Turkish Visiting Scholar, NDSSU 12:15-12:30 Travel to Section 19 Steers and Pea-Barley Residue Rotating field soil health indicator and soil pit stations 12:30-3:30 Station #1: Residue, cover, biological decomposition Doug Landblom, Beef Cattle Specialist, DREC Station #2: Soil Pit #1 -Soil horization, color, texture John Kempenich, Soil Survey Team, USDA/NRCS Station #3: Soil aggregates and structure Jeanne Heilig, Soil Survey Team, USDA/NRCS Susan Sampson-Liebig, Soil Quality Specialist, NRCS Station #4 : Soil Pit #2- Roots, pores, and structure Hal Weiser, North Dakota State Soil Health Specialist, NRCS Station #5: Biological diversity, bio-pores, compaction, and crusting Mycorrhizal Fungi Dr. Joshua Steffan, Associate Professor of Soil Microbiology, DSU SPONSORS: Agassiz Seed and Supply. AgWeek. Butler Machinersy Company, Dacotah Bank, Dakota Community Bank and Trust. Dakota West RC&D. Stockmen's Livestock Exchange. Western Cooperative Credit Union, West Plains. Inc. D DICKINSON ISTATE UNIVERSITY ONRCS NDSU DICKINSON RESCARCH XTENSION CENTER